Word: presses
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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This new phenomenon of science by press conference disturbed many researchers. Said Moshe Gai, a Yale physicist and a member of the Yale- Brookhaven collaboration: "I am dissatisfied and somewhat disappointed with some of my fellow scientists who have done things too much in a hurry." Charles C. Baker, director of fusion research at Argonne National Laboratory, was blunter: "Calling press conferences and making claims of results without having a well-prepared technical report is not the way for a good, professional scientist to function...
...state-supported university, Utah's majority Mormon population identifies far more strongly with church-run Brigham Young. It was at least partly because a Brigham Young physicist named Steven Jones was nearing an announcement on cold fusion too that Pons and Fleischmann called their surprise press conference. They had been urged to go public by University of Utah administrators, who were apparently fearful that archrivals at Brigham Young would steal the fusion spotlight. The U has had chronic money troubles recently, and an influx of fusion-research grants, not to mention international glory, could go a long way toward remedying...
...short, no matter which scheme proves best, the virtually limitless power that could eventually result from fusion is a dream that will not come true anytime soon. The solution to the world's energy crisis is not likely to be declared in a press conference. It must be slowly and carefully worked out, step by painstaking step...
Journalists who cover the world's hot spots traditionally enjoy a measure of immunity shared only by diplomats and representatives of the International Red Cross. Recognized as impartial observers by most combatants, reporters often venture into battle zones with hand-lettered signs attached to their cars identifying them as PRESS or TV. If their delicate neutrality is compromised in any way, the system breaks down and the danger increases. This, unfortunately, is what is happening in the Israeli-occupied territories of the West Bank and Gaza...
...story created a furor in Israel and markedly increased the hostility toward foreign journalists in the West Bank. After leaving one village last month, Baltimore Sun reporter Robert Ruby was pelted with rocks. To identify themselves as bona fide journalists, some foreign correspondents began ! carrying press cards issued by the Jerusalem-based Arab Journalists Association. "I have to help journalists get the truth and protect them from getting into trouble," says A.J.A. director Radwan Abu-Ayyash...